The Penn's Grove record., 1887-03-05
NUMBER 81.
HOUSE,

In the House on the 18th, a message
was received from the President veto
ing a bill for the relief Of the estate of
John How. A message was received
from the Senate announcing the pas
sage by that body over the Presidents
veto OF a bill for the relief of Thomas
II. Hopkins. Both messages were re-
ferred. Mr.. Hatch, of Missouri, asked
unanimous consent that the House
n~on-concur in the Senate amendments
to the bill creating a Department of
Agriculture aid Labor. Mr.. Morrison
objected and the bill was referred. Mr..
Hatch moved to suspend the rules and
pass the Senate bill providing for agri-
cultural experiment stations. Agreed
to-152 10 IL. The Deficiency ApprO-
prIation bill was reported and referred
to the Committee of the Whole. The
conference report on the Invalid PEN
sion bill was agreed to. The Naval
Appropriation bill was considered, but
not disposed of. G. II. Page, Repre-
sentative-eleet from the Second Rhode
Island. District, was sworn In. Ad-
journed.
In the House, on the 18th ult., the
ules were suspended, the Senate
amendments, the River an Harbo
bill were pon-concurred in, and a COM
mittee Of conference was appointed.
The Naval Appropriation bill was con-
sidered in Committee of the Whole. A
substitute offered by Mr.. Boutelle, of
Maine, appropriatlng Sis, 600, 900 for
the construction of ten steel cruisers
and 81. 800, 000 for their armament, was
rejected. An amendment offered by
Mr.. Sayers, of Texas, was adopted,
providing for the construction of two
swift double-bOttomed steel cruisers,
each of about 1000 tons displacement;
four others of about 100 tons displace-
ment and one swift torpedo boat-said
vessels to cost altogether, exclusive of
armament, not more than S4, $50, 00O.
The bill and amendment of MIR. Sayres
was reported to the House and the
amendment was agreed to and the bill
passed. Adjourned.
In the House on the 2Sth ut, a
message was received from the Presi-
dent, vetoing the bill for the erection
of a public building at Portsmouth,
Ohio. The House went into Commit.
tee of the Whole on the Legislative
Appropriation bill. Several of the
members sharply criticised various de-
tails of the bill, and also the delay IL
regard TO the appropriation bills. Mr..
Randall defended the Committee on
Appropriations and said that, "eon-
pared with past Congresses, this House
stood in a wonderfully favorable light
In the matter of the transaction of
business. 1t had placed upon the
statute books more useful legislation
than any previous House within his
recollection. The Democratic side was
to be commended by the people for its
straightforward, its clean, its useful
record in connection with legislation
promoting the best interests of the
American people"
In the House, On the 18th, the Mexicln
Pension bill, approprlatiug 81, 300, 900
for the remainder OF the currAnt fiscal
year, and 81, 900, COO for the next fiscal
year, was passed. A conference report
the bill restricting to American
citizens the ownership of real estate IN
the Territories was agreed to; also con-
reports On the River and Har-
Dor and Indian Appropriation bills.
Mr.. Holman moved to suspend the
rules and pass the Legislative Appro-
priation bill, as amended by the Com
of the Whole-as far as consid-
cred by that b%ody-and with certain
other amendments indicated by him.
The motion was agreed to, and the bill,
AS amended, passed. Mr.. Belmont, of
New York, announced a disagreement
Of the conferrees on the Fisheries Re-
tallation bill. Pending a motion to re-
cede from the House amendments to
the Senate bill, a recess was taken. The
evening session was devoted exclusively
TO the consideration Of bridge bills.
Adjourned.